ok i have like a 3-4 month old border collie (hes still in the puppy stage) and he, like all puppies keeps biting me and everyone he sees' now of course we smack him and tell me "NO!" but this hardly works so does anyone have any suggestions or ideas....maybe that u have done with ur pet? plz help me if u can
thx~
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one of the puppy books that i have suggests that when the puppy starts nipping you to completely ignore it. To simply stop touching it all together. Then when it sits at your feet to praise it.
It sound like he is old enough to start puppy school.you might consider finding some puppy classes to enroll him in!
I always smacked my dogs on the nose...its a sensative spot. Also, try smacking him w/ a newspaper which might scare the dog into stopping. You could also get a small hand full of chains. Everytime the dog bites throw it on the ground which the noise will scare the dog and relate biting to a bad experience. If all else fails do the old trick...bite the dog on the ear for dominance...I am just kidding!
I think your pup is just trying to play or maybe teething. Give him a chew toy to bite on instead of your hand! If the pup already has something in his mouth, he can't bite you or your guests.
Border Collies are herders and it's their instinct to nip at your heels. U shouldn't smack him! They are very sensitive dogs and you can make them into cringy dogs real easy if you keep doing that! Next time he nips you, grab the scruff of his neck firmly and give it a little shake, then sort of push him down like a down stay, and say NO. That's what his mother would have done. Well, except for the NO part, she would have growled at him though. She would not smack him and he doesn't understand being smacked.
my dog kept chewing up our shoes and i know this plan is stupid. but giving her a toy shoe was stupid enough to work. She has never chewed a shoe since the day we got her that shoe toy. My other dog chewed everything. I'd say that the best solutions are spraying "bitter apple spray" on his "victims." that works very well. it even helped me stop biting my nails. Another solution is those bones with cheese or peanut butter inside or "bully sticks", as well as a kong. These keep dogs content for hours. Last, your dog is probibly chewing alot because his teeth hurt. Puppies teeth hurt alot too, because they are just babies and their teeth are undeveloped and their teeth ache. I hope this helped!
When our lab was little he would bite. We had bite marks all over our hands and arms. Our vet showed us a trick to get him to stop. Take your hand and wrap it around his muzzle and then smack your hand really hard so that it makes a loud noise. We did this to our lab only twice and he stopped biting.
Please do not smack or hit your puppy. They don't understand what this is and may just think you want to play fight with them (which is also not recommended). Also, do not push them down on the floor to become dominant. This just stresses them out and does not teach them anything. There are other, better ways to become the pack leader in the house without physical abuse.
The best way to approach a puppy biting is to ignore it. When they bite, leave the room for five seconds. Do not say anything to your puppy or touch it. Then return and continue to play (with a chew toy). Every time your puppy bites you (or anyone else) you remove your attention. This is a negative effect of their actions and they will quickly learn that for you to stay in the room, they cannot bite you.
Make sure to give your border collie lots of things to do, toys, jobs, tricks, training, etc. Border collies are extremely smart dogs and need to be kept busy. An obedience class would benefit you and your puppy. Border collies also love agility. This is a great way to get them thinking and tire them out.
he's teething. He needs teething toys. But ylp when he bites and then say no, it's will tell him he hurt you.
I'm walking down the street when I see you walking towards me. I walk up to you and smack you on the nose. What can you do in return? Think about it. There are only 2 possible responses. You can become frightened and run away, or you can become aggressive and hit back. These same 2 responses are also the only 2 ways in which your dog can respond if you smack him. Don't smack him. he's a puppy and biting is what puppies do. BUT, don't let him get away with it either. When 1 puppy bites another too hard, that puppy will let out a yelp. This tells the biter that he has bitten too hard so that next time he will not bite as hard. So when your pup bites you, do the same, yelp! Sounds like crap, but it often works.
If excitement is a problem (excited pup starts to bite so becomes more excited so bites more so...etc), then the pup needs times out. Lock him away with no stimulation for a few minutes, then go and open the door to let him out, but as you do so, turn your back and walk away. Do nothing to stimulate excitement or you will start the process off again.
Bottom line is this; training a dog not to do something actually begins with training it to do the simple things like sit/stay/come etc. Once he is doing these things well and learns that obey produces reward, he becomes more willing and able to stop doing a wrong thing like biting when told to do so. Get along to puppy pre school (do you have that in the US? surely you do!)
AND DO NOT YELL AT OR THROW CHAINS AT YOUR DOG, I am sick to death of seeing psyched out dogs because of this sort of wrong training.
Well, of you are smacking him, then "of course" that's not working. You can keep on striking your dog and end up with a very expensive behavior case, or worse, he'll have to be killed because he was taught how to be aggressive - from you.
Please take a few moments to read about how to teach your dog. Some great starter sites are:
http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berne...
http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles...
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/spt/...
Throwing chains at a dog is a disgusting suggestion. Do not do this, do not ever force a dog down by his scruff. That's a great way to get yourself bitten.
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